CLAUDINE JONES SELECTED AS NEW CARLSBAD TRUSTEE

CARLSBAD 
PTA leader and school district volunteer Claudine Jones is scheduled to be sworn in as the fifth trustee to the Carlsbad Unified School District today, following her appointment to the school board last week.

Jones was selected by the panel to fill a vacancy left when former board member Kelli Moors resigned this month.

“I’m just excited for the opportunity, and I’m grateful to the board for selecting me,” Jones said after the appointment Thursday. “I can’t wait to get started working for the wonderful kids of Carlsbad.”

Jones is the PTA secretary at Valley Middle School, which her daughter attends, and PTA executive vice president at Kelly Elementary, which her son attends. She said she plans to step down from her role at Kelly because of time demands, but will stay on the committee.

Jones, originally from Michigan, moved to Carlsbad 10 years ago from the Bay Area, where she had worked as a corporate merchandiser for the Gap Inc. and as a project manager in the shopping division of Yahoo!

Besides her work with the PTA, Jones also has been involved with the district’s Parent and Community Budget Task Force and the Carlsbad Educational Foundation Grantwriting Collaborative. She also takes annual trips to Sacramento to lobby on behalf of public schools.

Jones’ term runs to the next regularly scheduled election in November 2014.